Mother Goose's Worst Nightmare Quiz

Answer: Pop Goes the Weasel

"One O'Clock Horner"

Little Jack Horner hid in a shell,
Made from pumpkin which tasted so swell.
The clock soon stuck one,
So Jack and the mouse did run
Back into his corner
To eat a ripe plum!

Answer: Polly Put the Kettle On

"Lamb Boo-oo-oo"

Mary and her woolly lamb
Never went to school today.
Instead they crept inside a shoe
While the Old Woman was away!

On Drury Lane that shoe looked grand.
It was right next door to the Muffin Man.
Then Mary's lamb broke the rules there, too,
When it chased the children and shouted, "B-oo-oo-oo!"

Answer: Wash the Dishes

"Tommy Tucker's Blackbird Snooze Bus"

Sing a song of bread and butter
For a boy named Tommy Tucker,
While four and twenty blackbirds
Don't want you to ... eat them for your supper!

They all rode inside a silly bus.
No birds in a pie baked golden brown.
It cost Tommy just a sixpence
For them to watch the wheels go round.

Then soon it started raining
So the wipers went swish, swish, swish
Tommy Tucker had no knife to spread
Butter on to his bread, the way he wished.

Soon all of those blackbirds
No longer made a sound
They'd fallen asleep on the bus
And they barely make a sound.

Tommy Tucker pushed the bus's horn
So it would beep, beep, beep;
And the four and twenty blackbirds
Were fast roused from their sleep!

Answer: Hickety Pickety

"No Hill for Jack and Jill"

Hey diddle diddle
Who's playing the fiddle?
A cow jumped over the moon, at will.
Jack sat by the spout
While rain washed the spider out.
Water here is easier than climbing that hill!

Hey diddle diddle,
Jane wrote down a riddle
The little dog laughed at Jane's silly tune.
Jack filled up the pail
Then it started to hail
So the dish ran away with the spoon.

Hey diddle diddle
In the spout, at the middle,
The spider just wiggled about.
Soon, the rain again fell
Filling the hilltop's well
And the spider, again, was flushed out!

Answer: She Sells Seashells

Humpty Dumpty, looking slumpy,
Strolled where a garden did grow.
It had cockle shells and silver bells
And pretty maids all in a row.

Humpty Dumpty, acting grumpy,
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Mary, Mary quite contrary
Told Dumpty to beat it, or he would fry!

Answer: A Diller a Dollar

"Jack and Miss Muffet in a Pea Green Boat"

Nimble Jack and Miss Muffet went out to sea
In a boat very green, as green as a pea.
They ate some of their curds and ate some of their whey,
Then Jack jumped over the candlestick, on this wonderful day.

Jack tied the boat to a tree on the shore, this is true.
Little Miss Muffet then screamed, "What's that bug on you?"
A spider frightened Miss Muffet, who then ran away
So Jack ate up the rest of the curds and whey.

Answer: A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Grey Mare

"Getting the Goods in St. Ives"

They'll be comin' round the mountain, when they come,
The butcher, baker and candlestick-maker are on the run!
On six white horses they did ride,
While meeting a man with seven wives,
They'll be comin' round the mountain, when they come.

They'll be heading t'ward the water, when they come,
Their tub is moored at St. Ives' dock, in the sun!
They will jump back in the tub
While yelling Rub a Dub Dub
They'll be heading t'ward the water, when they come!

They'll load up the tub with goodies, when they come,
Forty nine sacks, three hundred forty three cats, we're not done!
Two thousand and one kits too
That's more than just a bit to chew!
They'll load up the tub with goodies, when they come!

Answer: Two Little Dicky Birds

"One Shoeless John"

Diddle Diddle Dumpling, my son John,
Met a pie man, while walking along,
He asked the pie man if he'd seen his shoe
The pie man said, "If you show me first your penny, I'll tell you!"

Well, John had no penny, he even had no cents,
When he saw a herd of sheep, over by the fence!
They were wagging their tails and tossing his shoe,
So he walked home behind them, what else could he do?

Answer: Cry Baby Bunting

"King Cole Asleep In the Hay"

Little Boy Blue
With your horn, come and play.
Leave those cows in the corn,
As you watch the cradle sway!

Then the bough, it can break
Above King Cole's fine head
And his fiddlers three
Can play Rock a Bye Baby instead.

That merry old soul,
In the haystack can sleep,
While the baby falls and then lands,
In a meadow filled with sheep.

Answer: Pease Porridge Hot

"Black Wool for Sally by 8 O'clock"

Baa Baa, Mister Black Sheep
Sally Walker needs your aid
She's only in a nightgown
That Wee Willie made.

She's running up and down the stairs
No master, dame or boy in sight
Please give her three bags of wool
So she'll stop weeping on this night.

She knows she has to do a trick.
Wee Willie said, before 8 o'clock is best.
I assure you that Sally Walker can point
To the east and to the west!

So, baa baa black sheep
Won't you help Sally with her quest?
Then she will point to you,
The one that she loves best!